{"id":4553,"date":"2012-10-24T11:58:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T10:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=4553"},"modified":"2025-08-16T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:43:39","slug":"pro-lifers-target-brighton-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/pro-lifers-target-brighton-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Lifers shock Brighton Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students file past the Abort67 witness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pro-Life activists caused a stir yesterday by displaying abortion imagery at a Brighton campus.<\/p>\n

Christians from Abort67 stood outside Sussex University with the graphic pictures as the students turned up in their hundreds for lectures.<\/p>\n

The banners the activists used had only recently\u00a0been returned to them following their acquittal on public order charges by Brighton Magistrates last month<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0The material had been held by Brighton Police since their arrests last year.<\/p>\n

Andy Stephenson of Abort67 was asked about the location of the witness and said yesterday: ‘Why university campuses? Because not only are 19-24 year olds having significant numbers of abortions, but this is where our future leaders are.<\/p>\n

‘We saw people change their minds in this way today.\u00a0 One guy who was studying nursing at another university talked at length with the team and left saying he was going to try and get us a three hour lecture spot for his medical faculty.\u00a0 Others included a Law student who moved significantly in his position.’<\/p>\n

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Pro-abortion students attempt to obscure the pro-life message<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pro-abortion students mounted a counter-demonstration after a couple of hours, standing in front of the pictures shouting and swearing in the hope that people wouldn’t notice the pro-life witness.<\/p>\n

Andy Stephenson continued: ‘I am fairly certain that the rest of the day, the only topic of conversation on campus was abortion.\u00a0 Indeed before I even had a chance to unpack our things, a blogger at Huffington Post responded with an article<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

‘It is unlikely (though not impossible) that those so entrenched in their pro-death position will ever move, but they are not our target audience.\u00a0 A majority of people are just plain ambivalent about abortion. These are the ones with functioning consciences and enough intellectual honesty to recognise they have been lied to about who the baby is and what abortion will do to him\/her.<\/p>\n

‘I am always amazed that pro-aborts don’t see the irony in what they blindly recite over and over.\u00a0 If people are distressed by what they believe to be a noble choice, it is because abortion is a distressing act. Of course, we are grateful for the coverage and the inclusion of one of our graphic images that will now be seen by countless people.<\/p>\n

‘Do the pictures work?\u00a0 The pro-aborts think so.’<\/p>\n

Please sign our simple online petition to Parliament to repeal the 1967 Abortion Act:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ipetitions.com\/petition\/repealtheabortionact\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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See our previous story: 18\/09\/2012: \u00a0Anti-abortion activists win their case<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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